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Why the Ukrainian Skies are still Contested- An Assessment
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The posers that demand an answer:-
This work attempts an answer to the following posers in the context of the on-going air war between Russia and Ukraine:-
  1. How the forces measured up on both sides?
  2. How come till date, a....

    March 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Russo-Ukraine war , Russian air power , Ukraine air war , air battle in Ukrainian skies , Russian air campaign
India-Japan Summit: Reinforced Commitment under the Ukraine Shadow
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In normal times, the 70th Anniversary of bilateral ties between India and Japan would have been celebrated with much fanfare; yet the occasion was marked with the 14th Annual Summit in New Delhi after the previous one had been held in Tokyo in Oct 20....

March 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , Japan , Ukraine , 70th Anniversary
Deterring China from the South China Sea
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In the wake of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and the strong response from the West, the world’s focus has shifted more towards China, how it behaves in the new situation. As global politics are being reset with shifting priorities by cou....

March 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , UNCLOS , PLAN , EEZ , Fumio Kishida , Russo-Ukraine conflict , ASEAN-US Summit , The Hague Court , Vladimir V Putin
Chinese Assessments of the US and Western Sanctions on Russia
Jayadeva Ranade Article

After the February 4 summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on the side-lines of the Beijing Winter Olympics, where Putin briefed Xi Jinping -- or certainly gave him at least a fair insight into hi....

March 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Russia , Article , US , Russia , sanctions , Ukraine
West Asian and North African states’ Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched military campaign against Ukraine after months of posturing, military build-ups and breakdown of the Minsk agreement that failed to stall the conflict between Russian-backed separatists in the two breakaway region....

March 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia , North Africa , Ukraine , Food Security , Oil and Gas , Vladimir Putin
India: Gearing Up for National Defence
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

Covenant of Defence Modernisation
In a welcome change from the past, particularly in the post-Doklam 2017 period, the nation is witnessing a coalescence of sensitivities on matters of national defence. This is a welcome attitudinal change ....

March 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence modernisation , competency of defence preparedness , roots of military deficits , ideating defence policies , principle of ‘military necessity’ , deterring neighbourhood aggression
Russo-Ukraine Conflict - View from the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
Shashank Sharma Article

Background On 24 Feb 2022, President Putin commenced a "special military operation" against Ukraine attacking airports and military headquarters. Tanks and troops rolled in from Russia, Russian-controlled Crimea and Belarus

March 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , NATO , Mediterranean Sea , Russian Navy , Crimea , Naval Strategy , Ukraine Crisis , Black Sea , Black Sea fleet , Baltic Sea , Odessa , Mariupol , Sea of Azov , Sevastapol , Bosphorous straits , Dardanelles straits , Turkish straits , Tartus , Kalibr cruise missile , Blockade , naval marines , Snake Island , Amphibious operation , Marines , Kaliningrad enclave
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where do African Countries Stand?
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Context
On 21st February 2022, President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of Ukraine’s breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk and decided to support Moscow-backed separatists with a military operation March 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Russia , Energy Security , Ukraine , United Nations , Sudan , Food Security , Mali , African Union , Coups , Russia Africa Summit , Wagner
The Russian Airpower Dilemma
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G) Article

General Observations
The ‘fog of information war’ challenges any meaningful analysis at this stage. The western narrative with connivance of the corporate sector has virtually silenced the ‘other’ narrative. It is clear that everyth....

March 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Air defence , Ukraine , Air Power , VKS , Zelensky
रूस-यूक्रेन युद्ध: हवाई शक्ति का विश्लेषण
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

वोज़्दुश्नो-कोस्मिचेस्की सिली (वीकेएस) यानी रूसी एअरोस्पेस फोर्स की अब तक की विवश भूमिका ने उन �....

March 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , नाटो , यूक्रेन , रूसी वायुसेना , मिसाइलें , आईएसआर , हेलिकॉप्टर्स , एसएएम
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